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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 62. ,
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906
•PRTPT . In Atlnnta TWO CENTS.
A Oo Train* FIVE CENTS.
CREDIT MEN OF ATLANTA URGE
BITTER WAR ON BUCKET SHOPS
Declare Futures Gam
bling Most Dam
nable of All.
WHOLLY INDORSE
THE BOYKIN BILL
Stirring Meeting in Its Fa
vor Was Held at Kimball
Friday Night.
The day of bucket ahops and future
dealing In Georgia Is nearing an end. If
the many utterances at the smoker of
the Credit Men's Association Friday
night may be regarded as at all pro
phetlc.
In the ball room of the Near Kim
ball, where the smoker was held, there
were gathered together about 160 mem
bers of the Atlanta Credit Men's As
sociation and the Georgia general as.
sembly. There were gome of the most
prominent men In Georgia there and
every one pledged his support to put
an end to what was termed the most
pernicious form of gambling existent
today In tho South.
It Is a significant fact that the At'
lanta Credit Men’s Association, com'
posed of thewen In Atlanta who de
termine who snail and who shall not be
credited at the different stores and
banks and other commercial Institu
tions, has taken up the fight against
the bucket shops. These men are all
of the opinion that the bucket shop Is
responsible for more suicides, bad
credit, failures and such than any
other one cause. •
The meeting Friday night was. held
with a view to presenting the views of
some prominent laymen to the mem
bers of the general assembly, before
which there Is now pending a bill to
make It a misdemeanor to either deal
In futures or run a bucket shop In tho
state of Georgia
Hugh White, of Everett, Ridley &
Co. called the meeting to order at
8:10 o'clock and the discussion of the
bucket shop question was taken up at
once, with the Introduction of James
H. Doykln, of Lincoln county, the au
thor of the anti-bucket shop bill, and
also of the substitute which will be
offered for It at the present term of the
legislature.
Boykin’s Argument.
The following extracts were taken
from the remarks of Mr. Boykin:
"When I Introduced tlgts measure I
thought the only thing necessary to
secure Its passage would be the sup
port of the business men of the state."
"Dealing In futures, bucket shop
gambling. Is a menace to our moral
welfare and future prosperity.”
“Bucket shops are robbing the people
of the South of <60,000,000 every year
and Georgia contributes <3,000,000, and
what does this state get In return?
About $50,000 In licenses.”^'
“Consider for a minute the wrecked
lives, fortunes and homes that have
resulted from this form of gambling."
“It Is no wonder that the merchants
and bankers are aroused. These buck
et shops bring nothing but disaster."
“The courts of our state have de
creed that future dealing Is gambling,
' pure and simple."
“I believe this measure will pass the
general assembly.”
Joseph A. McCord, of the Third Na
tional Bank, was text called on. He
said In part:
“The evil of stock gambling Is per
meating the entire South and by stock
gambling 1 mean dealing In cotton fu
tures as well.
“I could stand here all night and tell
you the evils that result from people
dealing In futures.
“Whenever I hear that a cashier has
gone wrong I look Immediately to see
If It was caused by the bucket shop,
and such Is almost Invariably the case.
“A' man who gambles for a living
should be ostracised.
“Shall we license such gambling?
Cause of Failures.
"Our credit men have from time to
time Investigated failures here In At
lanta and the result of the Investigation
Is almost Invariably the. same, some
FULTON’S REPRESENTATIVES
‘ ARRAIGNED BY WILMER MOORE
Wllnter Moore severely arraigned the three representatives of Fulton
county in the house of representatives for not btng present at the smoker
and pledging their support to the anti-bucket shop bill. Ho said:
“Gentlemen, of Fulton's three representatives not one Is here tonight.
Is It not due the Credit Men's Assosclatlon, backed by the strongest
men In Atlanta, Indorsed by bankers, that.these men be herd and give us
their support? As' It Is, they have completely Ignored us. I move, gen
tlemen, that we pass resolutions calling on these three men, demanding,
not requesting, that they support this measure, no matter what their per
sonal views may be." (Applause.)
ANTI-BUCKET SHOP BILL *
INTRODUCED BY BOYKIN
“HEAVEN GAINED IN 15T MINUTES
WOULD BE AN IMMORAL ONE”
That be Is opposed to the get-rlch-qulck scheme either In business or
religion, was stated at the Credit Men’s smoker at the Kimball Friday
night by Dr. C. B. Wllmer, rector of Bt. Lukes Episcopal church.
“I have already gone on record, as some of you doubtless know,” said
Dr. Wllmer, “as being opposed to a get-rlch-qulck scheme, either In bus
iness or religion, for I believe that any heaven that could be gained In 16
minutes would be an Immoral heaven-' (Applause.)
Dr. Wllmer made one of the most logical and one of the strongest
speeches at the smoker. He showed the underlying principle of business
to be to get something for something, a fair exchange, while In gambling
It was to get something for nothing. Too . such principles could not
exist in the same community without great damage to the former, de-
dared,Dr. Wllmer. .
member of the Arm had been speculat
ing, had been dealing In futures.
“The great trouble Is that the young
men of this country are going the pace
that kills. There are In every com
munity young men on their road to
ruin because of the bucket shop."
Hon. Harvle Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Association, and a
man wKo has acquired an Intimate
knowledge of the methods of cotton
manipulators, was called on for a
speech. He branded the New York
Cotton Exchange In no uncertain lan
guage. He said:
“The Southern Cotton Association In
every meeting ever held has passed
strong resolutions against future deal
ings.
"I feel It my duty to work against
the shops and wire houses In every
state In the cotton belt.
“The bucket shop Is no worse than a
wire house or local exchange.
“The foundation of the whole evil Is
on the New York Cotton Exchange,
which Is like a great octupus with Its
arms stretched out over the South
sucking In the money of her people,
wrecking lives and homes and every
thing else with which they come In
contact
“Even the cotton exchange has out
lawed bucket ahops, and I don't be
lieve that anything that was outlawed
by the ootton exchange could get a
place even In the lower regions.
"I am Informed that orders placed In
bucket shops are never placed on an
exchange.
“1 don’t believe there Is a greater hot
bed of corruption on the face of this
earth than the New York Cotton Ex
change.
“I have never bought or sold a con
tract and never expect to.
"I know cltlxens In this city who
have lost every dollar they had In the
past six months In future dealings.
“This business will go on as long as
you license It." ,
Mr. Flanders, of the lower branch of
the general assembly, arose to explain
the status of the anti-bucket shop bill
now In the house. He suld It had not
been retarded, but was merely waiting
Its turn on a crowded calendar.
Mayor Woodward's Views.
Mayor James G. Woodward said he
had no views on anything unless they
were decided and on the bucket shop
question he had most decided views
that he would gladly express:
"The responsibility Ilea In the legis
lature. As long as this business Is
ilcensed we can do nothing. Just give
us the iaws and we will do the rest. I
will see thnt there does not remain a
single bucket shop In this town.
"I attribute more suicides, ' hank
failures and similar disasters to this
pernicious form of gambling than to
any other.
“A |>oor negro goes out and shoots
craps and loses a quarter and gets
twelve months, and a man who
squanders thousands of other people's
money gets no penalty at all.
"Lots of good church people specu
late. The legislature legalises future
dealing and the people take advantage
of It.
"There Is no difference between a
bucket shop and a faro room. Monte
Carlo In Its palmiest days could not
compare with the New York Cotton
Exchange.
“Say It Is gambling, you men of the
legislature, and we will do the rest."
Short talks were mode by other men
present, after which light refreshments
were served, while those present dis
cussed Informally the bucket shop evil.
The following resolution was drawn
up and passed:
“Whereas, Tho bill for the abolish
ment of speculating In futures on mar
gins has hod the Indorsement of the
business Interests of Atlanta through
the Credit Men’s Association and'the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; there
fore be It
"Resolved, That Representatives Sla
ton, Blackburn and Bell, the repre
sentatives of Fulton county, are hereby
urged to use their support and Influ
ence to the passage of substitute for
house bill No. 37, etc."
Tho nntl-bucket shop bill, known as
substitute for house bill No. 37, Intro
duced by Representative Janies H
Boykin, of Lincoln, Is as follows:
A bill to be entitled an act to pro
hlblt contracts hnd agreements for the
sale and future delivery of cotton,
grain, provisions and other commodi
ties, stocks, bonds and other securities
upon margin, commonly known os deal
ing In futures; to declare such trans
actions unlawful and to constitute a
JAMES H. BOYKIN.
Representative from Linooln, who
Introduced anti-bucket shop bill.
misdemeanor on the part of any per
son, association of persons or oorporn-
partlclpntlnx therein, whether dl-
ly or Indirectly, to define what shall
constlute prlma facie evidence of guilt;
to compel all persons participating In
such transactions to testify concerning
their connection therewith; to provide
that no. discovery made by any witness
which would tend to subject him to
conviction or punishment under this
act shall be used against such witness
In any penal s'r criminal proceeding.
CABIN IN WOODS HELPS
BOYS TO GET EDUCATION
Finding It hard to pay their ordinary
college expenses at the Tech, and being
fully determined to go through the In
stitution, W. M. Fambrough and S. L.
Snowden, two students, several years
ngo hit upon a good method of cut
ting down the amount of money nec
essary to carry them through. They
had reached what was then known os
the middle class, corresponding to ju
nior at collegiate Institutions, and so
with the entire class they one day re
paired to the woods back of the school
and built for themselves a home. It
was a plain frame structure, only one
room, but It satisfied their needs. In It
they lived the balance of that and
through their senior year, and finally
were graduated Into their chosen pro
fession of engineering.
Having' no further use for their
home, they -sold It for as high a price
ns It would bring, and again "mlddltgs"
owned It. And so from that Urns till
now It has passed down from hand to
hand, an unwritten law governing the
sale and use of It to the extent that
only a member of the two upper classes
could use It. From tills and the occa
sion of Its building It gained Its name,
“Tho Mlddlers' Mansion.”
Beds Upon ths Air.
While rough and uncouth' on the out
side, the house Is very well finished on
the Interior. The beds are set oil sup
ports six feet high, In the northeast
nnd southeast corners of the room, thus
allowing* for the utilisation of tbe space
underneath. In n house where two
must live space counts If the house Is
only 13 by 14 feet. They have springs
and mattresses all right, and other
than ths facf that it takes a ladder to
get Into them, nrc not different from
those In the ordinary home.
The walls on the Inside have been |
papered with skilfully executed me-
rhnnlrnl drawings of all manners of
machines, and with cards such os the |
Tech teams use to advertise their base
ball and football games. One whple
side of the house Is covered with these
R lacards. Such a celling' makes the
ouse very snug and warm In wlntdr,
when a fire has been started In the
little stove that sltsi near the center.
Each man who has lived In the house
has contributed more or less to It In the
way of pictures and useful Implements.
One of the curiosities of the house la
the alarm clock, which each year Is
passed over to the new occupant, and
the name of the outgoing student with
his class year and specialty Inscribed
nnd that he shall be altogether pardon
ed therefpr; to exempt from the opera
tion of this act purchases and sales of
commodities by manufacturers or
wholesale merchants In the ordinary
coarse of business; to provide that
regular commercial exchanges and oth
er bona tide trade organisations mgy
post quotations of market prices; and
for othsr purposes.
Section 1. He It enacted by the gen
eral assembly of the state of Georgia,
nnd It Is hereby enacted by authority
of the same, that from and after the
passage of this act It shall be unlawful
for any person, association of fiersons
nr corporation, cither as principal or
agent, to establish, mnlntaln or operate
an office or other place of business
forbidden by this act, commonly called
dealing In futures on margin.
Sec. 1. Be It further enacted, that
every contract or agreement, whether
or not In writing, whereby any person
nr corporation shnll agree to sell and
deliver, or sell with - nn agreement to
deliver, nny wheat, cotton, corn or oth
er commodity, stock, bond or other se
curity, to any other person or corpora
tion. when, In fart, It Is not In good
faith Intended by the parties that an
actual delivery of the article or thing
shnll be made, Is hereby declared to be
unlawful, whether mnde nr to bo per
formed wholly within this state or
pnrtly within and partly without this
state; It being the Intont of this art
to prohibit any and all contracts or
agreements for tho sale nnd delivery
of nny commodity «r other thing of
value on margin, commonly called
dealing In futures, when the IntenJIon
or understanding of the parties la to
receive or pay the difference between
the agreed price nnd the market price
at the time of settlement.
Sec. 3. Be It further enacted, that
every person who shall become a party
lo any such contract or'agreement as
Is by this act made unlawful, and every
pei'Son who shall as agent directly or
indirectly participate In making or fur
thering or effectuating the same, and
overFngent or office of any corporation
who shall In any way knowingly aid In
making nr furthering apy such contract
nr agreement, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 4. Be It further enacted, that
every person within this stats who
shall become a party to any such con
tract made or to be made In another
state, or who shall do any act or In
any way aid, within this state, In the
making or furthering of any such con-
GE OR GIA *S NEXT GO VERNOR;
HOW HE WILL BE ELECTED
Workings of the Primary and • the Organi
zation and Methods of the Demo
cratic Convention.
By JOHN C. REESE.
Continued on Page Three, Thle Section.
on the face.
One of the moot highly prised sou
venirs of the "Mansion" Is shown In
the accompanying cut, and Is one of the
two flags which decorated the stand
from which President Roosevelt spoke
when he was In Atlanta last November.
Another Is one of the red and block
placards used to advertise the recent
championship series when Tech was
triumphant. That Is the dominant Idea
all the way through In ths decora
tions, to show Tech victorious, and such
has been the record of the athletic
teams of the Instltulton during the past
few years that this has been a com
paratively easy matter.
Occupants of the Houle.
The men who have occupied the
house In the past are: Fambrough,
M.E., ‘01; S. L. Snowden, M.E., '01;
C. A. Jones, T.E., '04; C. w. Matthews,
T.E., '04; J. O. Watson, T.E., ‘06; B. H.
“By voting this ticket, I hereby de
clare that I am an organised Democrat,
and I hereby pledge myself to support
the organised Democracy, both state
and national." '
For the first time In the' hlstofy of
the state ths official ballot for the
Democratic primary of August II will
hear this pledge. It will place upon
those .voting In the primary at least
the moral obligation to adhere to the
party In state and national elections.
No ballot cast In the primary without
this pledge will bs counted In the re
sult.
Secretary J. W. Goldsmith has had
printed the rules nnd regulations for
ths primary ae adopted by the state
Democratic executive committee at Its
meeting In this city on April 80. Fur
ther to emphasise this pledge, rule
7 states:
"While white votors, without regard
to post political affiliations, who desire
to align themselves with the Democrat
ic party, nre hereby Invited, In good
faith, to participate In said primary,
this invitation Is extended only to such
voters as accept In the same spirit of
good ralth In which It Is extended.
"Inasmuch its thero has arisen a con
troversy as to ths Intent of the word
'align' In the foregoing, we deelaro that,
as herein used, It means to join the or
ganised Democratic party nnd become
a Democrat In good faith."
The official ballot will bear the
names of the following candidates for
the Democratic nominations: Gover
nor. attorney general, secretary of state,
comptroller general, chief justico of the
supreme court, stato school commis
sioner, three associate justices of the
supreme court, one United States sen
ator, one prison commissioner, judges
of the superior court and solicitors gen
eral.
Five candidates are now In ths field
for governor—Clark Howell, Hoke
8mlth, Judge R. B. Russell, Colonel J.
H. Kstlll and James M. Smith. Unless
one or more drop out before the pri
mary, the ticket will bear these five
names. .
Only one other state official has op
position within the party. State School
Commlalsoner W. B. Merttt being op
posed by Hon. Mark Johnson, of Bald-
Bussey, T.E., ‘05; E. P. McGhee, M E..
'06; 8. K. Smith, E.E, '06; F. M. Row
an, T.B., '06. and B. 8. Brown, B.C., '07.
Almost without exception the men
who have lived In this house have pdr-
severed In their work and finally re
ceived their diplomas. Fambrough and
Snowden were graduated In 1001, and
Matthews add Jones In 13»4. Watson
was to have received his diploma In
1005, but left a month before the close
of school to accept a position with the
Coca Cola Company, and Is now man
ager In Cuba for that concern. Bussey
got his degree In textile engineering In
1306, while McGhee and 8mlth. who
had the house In their senior year,
were graduated at the asms time, of
the two men who have occupied It dur
Ing the past year, Rowan graduated,
nnd the other made the senior class
and expects to be graduated next year.
TO STAMP OUT I*V*E
AND TUBERCULOSIS
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Augusta, (la, July T.—In order to
prevent the spreading of tuberculosis
In the city of Augusta, also contagious
fevers, the secretary of the board of
health has written to the undertakers,
asking them to take charge of rooms
where people die with the above men
tioned diseases until a health officer
can be notified, and an Inspector sent
to the house to fumigate the rooms.
The fumigations are free of charge.
Charter for Furniture Company.
An application for a charter was filed
In the superior court Friday afternoon
for the Stillman Furniture Company, to
be capitalised at 16,000 with the privi
lege of raising this to <60,000., The In
corporators are King Stillman, Leo
Stillman, Wiley Jones end W, P. Jow-
crs.
Jordan Will Filed.
The will of John P. Jordan, a depu
ty sheriff who died a short time ago,
was filed In the office of the ordinary
Friday. The widow Is made the sole
legatee.
lot
nly
win. Tho voter strikes from tl:
the names of such candidate*
does not desire to vote for, Irav
those whom he favors.
How tho Primary Works.
On the day following the state pri
mary the county executive committee*
are to met and consolidate the vote.
The chairman of the committee shall
appoint as delegates to the state con
vention such men as the candidate for
governor entitled do the vote of tho
county shall designate In writing
Illustrating this, suppose H ke Smith
carries Fulton county by even it vet .
narrow margin. He would th> n have
the right to deelgnate the six no n lot
wished to go as delegates to the con
vention through written Ipttrtctl n to
the county chairman, who must nntno
these int n as delegates to linen
They go In the convention Ihm In
structed to cost their solid vote for
Smith, until such time ns the e.in.ii.
dnto himself may instruct otherwise.
With n Held of live randldaP- it
mev be seen thnt the possibility of
splitting the delegations to the con
vention so that no one has suit: tit
to Insure his nomination. Tin n the
convention becomes n mighty Interest
ing affair, and combinations and coun
ter-combinations nre made.
It la the consensus of opinion th.it
If Iloke Smith does not go Into the
convention with enough votes to nom
inate on the first ballot his chan. ■ *
are dead, and It Is along this lino he
Is making his light. In Rome ho
charged directly that the field had com
bined against him, and Issued the de-,
fiance:
“I undertnke to defeat the Held." ,
If Smith falls to land the plum, and
other candidates decline to throw th-lr
strength to some of their present rivals.
It would menn Anally the nomln.it :)
" a "dark horse.”
350 Delegatee for Convention.
Each county shall be entitled to two
delegatee for eneh member that It Im-
In the house of representatives. \*
there are 175 members of the hou-*\
this will mek the convention consist of
350 delegates.
Chairman Yeomans la required to
prepare n form of the ofn, In 1 ballot
to be ueed In tha primary nad fur
nish same to the rh.U. nan - r each
county executive committee at i>-,-t
ten days before said el. ,n in tho
event nf the omission of t
nny of the cnndldatcs frotr
It Is to lie thrown out.
The expenses uf n stale prlinnrv nre
heavy. Each candidate appearing mi
,the ticket la assessed 360 lo meet this
expense. This sum must be i»il<l f.n
ty days before tbe primary. Tin time
for paying this amount will expire „u
Saturday, July 14. In many routines
local primaries are to be held hi Hie
same time aa tha atate, and candldaira
for offlea within tha county will help
bear the burden.
The slate convention will he held In
Macon on Tuesday, September 4, at
which time the successful) candid ties
In the atate primary will be plai <1 in
nomination.
Organisation of Convention.
The organisation and work of n con
vention la Interesting. In addition to
the 360 regular delegates hundreds "f
politicians from all over the state wld
flock to Mncon to watch the game.
Chairman Yeomans will call the con
vention to order, after which u tem
porary chalrfnan. secretary, scrxnnnt
at arms and other necessary offlrinii
will be selected.
Immediately a platform commltpc.
presumably of the strongest men In tho
convention, la named, and they retire
to frame the platform on which I jin
candidates are to stand and make the
light.
Then come the nmnlnatlii.- ti--.
settling, of sny disputed delegation*
nnd such Incidental buslrn i n» m»*
S aturally appear before tho cooven-'
on. ■ ■ • -
If no gubernatorial candidal" «■■■•*
into the convention with suifh lent
voles to Insure hla nomination on th.,
first ballot, a long and heated light
may take place. In the event thnt
such n thing transpires Interesting de
velopments may comb—the Anal n ml-
nation of a "dark hnrile,” leaving out
of II those who have contended In ih.i
primary.
In the light of the great struggle ( r
the governorship this year, tha M "n
convention of September, 1300, nny
prove one of unusual Interest.
ket.
THINGS SEEN AT THE SKATING RINK BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON
OTOT
wHtat -rnc tore
v«iuu pkoeASLY iaw ’nP
"Isn't it heavenly?" la what ahe
says. He Is raying nothing—that
sny one can hear. There la really
nothing he could ray aloud. For
the sake of the rink, don't for a
minute Imagine what would hap-
K n should shn fall. Sort of a
fore-and-after picture, this la.
Every one but this pair wonders
why on earth he brought her, and
It must be admitted that the look
on Ms face would cause one to*
think he was thinking the same
thing.
Wow! Th|a la one of the moat
popular phrases used at the rink.
The cause of the popularity of the
word Is not so popular. It flight be
added. Something In the expres
sion of the fat party's face would
lead one to think that this skating
Isn't all that It la cracked up to be.
The floor will think differently,
however, when the 250 avoirdupois
comas In contact with It.
Ona of the moat tantalising fig
ures common at the rink la tha
fair young girl who skates around
with an unconcern that amazes as
well as bewilders the beginner. Oh,
no, aka doesn't know that! Every
now and then—the law of retribu
tion Is very strong at tho rink-
some small boy sends her sprawl
ing, and then the disgust. Oh, my!
Papa learned to skate when he
lived “up North.” Of course roller
skating Is nothing like skimming
aroultd on ths Ice, bat then there
Is no Ice skating hers. Papa al
ways brings out the small kids,
who make It convenient to get be
tween the feet pf good skaters and
cause a general mlx-up. Such a
papa is a pest.
"Catching me" Is a favorite oc
cupation with some of the strong-
arm boys, and rah-rah collage
“stud-nuts” thnt attend the rink
regularly. Being caught Is also a
falling nf a good many of the fair
young malda that are wont to raaka
grace Itself look like 30 cents. It
must be admitted that about the,
moat ungraceful thing In the world
—Is the i-iee Illustrated above, and
seen so often a*, the rink.
wMtae
th* floor
CRACKED
Thera are a lot of fakirs, but
the worst that frequents tha rink
Is the fellow who won't admit that
he fell just because he couldn't
stand up. This fellow Invariably
tries to act as If he Just sat down a
minute to tighten the strap on his
skate. You ought to see the deat
he makes In ths floor. Of course
no one goes up to him and calls
him a story-teller, no one at the
rink would be so rude, but they alt
think—
